Scholarly article co-authored by SPIA Dean and alumnae was published in "The Urban Geography"

Academic

14.06.2019

"The Urban Geography” journal, which has been at the forefront of urban scholarship published the scholarly article co-authored by SPIA Dean Dr. Anar Valiyev and SPIA alumnae Lucy Wallwork.

The joint article, entitled “Post-Soviet urban renewal and its discontents: gentrification by demolition in Baku” rigorously examines gentrification phenomenon of urban dictionary in the context of post-Soviet cities like Baku.

The authors deeply researched how a particular form of state-led “gentrification by demolition” is unfolding in Baku. Reinforced by the attentive analyses of recently demolished Sovetsky district, this carefully edited article found an analogy between Baku’s “landscape of gentrification” and muscular state-led “gentrification by demolition” that is characteristic of Chinese cities.